POETIC LICENCE , Suleiman Hussein

POETIC LICENCE

        DETERMINATION
"They are determined to carry an elephant on their head
And pass it through the eye of a needle"
But,
You are just an Orange
One whole ripe and captivating
Reddish-yellow citrus fruit
Rolling down from corner to corner
Spreading the sweet aromatic revolution
Onto this part of an African continent
So pregnant with taboos,cultures,traditions and
natural resources.

You are just an Orange
Your aroma lays bare scandalous truth in our
society
Corruption,nepotism and tribalism.

You are just an Orange
Your sweet squeezed juice
the symbol of determination,strength,love,courage,
brilliance,dignity and sympathy
flows and flows like the unstoppable River Nile
Washing away the evils of
Corruption,nepotism and tribalism
Achieving justice without vengeance

You are just an Orange
The hope of the unborn day
Like your patriotic and optimistic
brothers,sisters,sons and daughters
Who toil and sweat watering you.

You are just an Orange
Reddish-Yellow citrus fruit
Our hopes in you Orange,
Makes today possible
Tommorow attractive.

You are just an Orange
Freedom,democracy;Democracy and freedom
Your kith and kin
Will be ours too
We too shall know no rest
Till she-They come back to us
But with real DETERMINATION

             SULEIMAN HASSAN HUSSEIN
             NAIROBI-KENYA